"Save as text" problem in Reader 9.4.5

Hello!
I'm trying to save a PDF as text in Reader 9.4.5 under windows and I've run into a formatting problem. Line wrapping within a paragraph seems to be broken, as soft returns are not being converted to spaces. The last word in each line runs into the first word in the next line without either a space or a line break.
A potential workaround would seem to be to copy and paste the full text of the file into notepad or such, but that converts both soft returns and hard returns into line breaks which is a formatting nightmare. Using "Paste special" unformatted doesn't help. Both of the PDF to text converters I've tried do the same thing. One of them, SomePDF, got my hopes up when it had an option to turn off text formatting, but that stripped out all paragraph breaks as well as the line wrap. Doh!
On a narrower screen than the file's formatted line width (which is the whole purpose of my converting to text) it's actually less annoying to read the file with the words run together than with the broken lines within paragraphs.
The PDF in question was created in either Acrobat PDFMaker 5.0 for Word (the "Application" field in PDF Properties) or Acrobat Distiller 5.0 (Windows) (the "PDF Producer" field in PDF Properties), unless those are confusingly different names for the same application.
I've searched through Reader's preferences without finding anything that might change this behaviour. Am I missing something? Or is this a bug in either Reader or the program which created the file? And if it's a bug in the (Adobe) application which created the file, can Reader be fixed to handle the glitch gracefully? Either way, will the Adobe folks read this forum or is there some way I need to submit a bug report?
Can anyone shed some light on this problem? And in the meantime, does anybody know of a PDF to text converter that properly converts soft returns to spaces and hard returns to line breaks?
Thanks, all!
-Rob

Acrobat Pro provides the means for tagging a PDF that is not tagged.
This can be done manually or Acrobat can be used to get a programmatic "best guess".
Provide you have an understanding of Tagged PDF "manual" gets you spot on.
"Best guess" can be problematic with complex content but can establish a starting point for the requisite manual clean up.
Regardless, Adobe Reader (any version) only provides the ability to view/read (unless the PDF has been "enabled" by Acrobat Pro for specific activities).
However, tagging a PDF or working with PDF Tags is not something Adobe Reader can do.
Spell check - while the post a reply dialog is open there is an "abc (with a check mark) in the upper right. Click it to spell check your pending post.
"Edit" - I believe this is only available during one's current session. Or, perhaps, while still "in" the thread. (?)
-- well, you can leave the thread, return and use "Edit" - so, current session may be it.
Be well...
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